Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-17
BGTETOURr MATTERS,
One Hundred Dollars Several
nenths-NO red Citizens. &c.

One Hundred Dollars Several
Deaths-HOnOredC Citizens. &c.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
FINcAsTLB, August ID, 1887.
| The Board of Supervisors adjourned
to-day after session of four days. The
county levy is laid the same as for seve
raj years past-at eighty cents on the
one hundred dollars of property, dis
tribnted as follows: Schools, Ii cents
roads, Is cents; Valley railroad, 20
cents; general county fund, 20 cents ;
and depositum, 10 cents. They esti-
mate that this levy will bring in $50, 800.
Messrs. William j. Penn and James G..
Written, supervisors for the Buchanan
and Fincastle districts, have served the
county faithfully for number of years.
Mr.. Elijah Brugh, the supervisor for
the Amsterdam district, is serving his
first term. This is his first meeting
with the board, and have heard many
favorable comments on the sound sense
and discriminating judgment displayed
by him in passing on the measures
brought before the board. He was
taken i'll yesterday, and was unable to
attend the meeting of The board to-day.
His health is very delicate.
Last evening the sheriff of Allegheny
county arrived here with a warrant for
the arrest of Jefferson Sullivan, a negro
of considerable notoriety in this COM
munity. More than year ago JEFF
got into a difficulty with negro from
Richmond, q -laborer at Low
moor furnace, and fired several shots
into him, one lodging in his body be-
yond the reach of the physicians
probe, and nearly causing death.
Since then JEFF has been fugi-
tive from justice. He was found
10y Sheriff Dyer and Deputy-Sheriff
Crush, of this county, ploughing
corn for Mr.. William b. Hayth, of this
place, lodged in Jail until this morning,
when he was handcuifed and taken to
Allegheny for trial.
On Friday evening last the remains
Of most excellent lady We're inferred
in the Greenfield burying- ground, at
the home of her husband, Henry NJ.
Bowyer, Esq. Mrs. Maria l.. Bower
was the sister of Bishop Wilmer, of
Alabama, and of Professor George I.
Wilmer, ID. d., of Sewanee College.
She died of consumption, at the age
of sixty-six, many years of which she
was devout COMMUNICATE Of the
Episcopal Church. Her husband, who
is fine type OF the old Virginia
gentleman, still lives, at the advanced
age Of eightysix, though for several
years past he has been in feeble
health. He is, with one exception,
the sole survivor of the Botetourt JUS
tees appointed under the old Constitu-
ton. This exception is my esteemed
friend, Jacob Peters, Esq, friend and
neighbor of Squire Bowyers. They
were commissioned as justices by
Governor Gilmer in 1898. But few
years ago Squire Peters refused longer
to act as magistrate, having served in
that capacity almost continuously for
period of forty-two years. In this
period he has tried not less than one
thousand cases, and was never reversed.
The old gentleman still rides around in
his buggy, but in the past year, espe-
cially since the death of his wife, which
occurred several weeks ago, his step is
much less firm, though his mind is as
cle0r as ever.
Colonel Charles Aunspaugh, the old
est citizen of our town, died this week.
In his day he was highly esteemed
county surveyor for many years and
postmaster at Fincastle. He had nearly
attained his eighty-eighth year. Next |
after Mr.. Abram Brubaker he was tie
Oldest man in the county. Mr.. Bru
baker bids fair to be veritable cente-
marian. He is now ninety-one years
old, and is as athletic as man OF sixty.
Every quarter, as regularly as the time
comes around, he gets on his horse |
and rides to Fincastle, some eight |
miles, and has his papers fixed up to |
draw bis pension for services in the |
war of 1872.
Mrs. John W. Vandegrift, Of Upper
Catawba, died suddenly few days ago
of heart disease.
Mr.. James r. Thompson is said to
be out of danger.
Mr.. James Z. Wood, of Charlotte |
county, is summering at his farm, on |
Mill creek.
Professor Thomas Norwood. of Rich
mond, is spending his vacation at Grove
Hill.
DR.. Cornelius Tyree, OF Salem, who |
has been preaching here so acceptably |
for several years, has signifed his in
teDtion OF resigning charge of the Bap-
list church here at the close OF the
year.
The Board of Supervisors have in
creased the compensation to the Com
monwealth's attorney OF this county,
an appropriate recognition OF the zeal
and ability displayed by Mr.. Haden in |
iischarging the duties OF his Office.
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